“In an effort to ensure a smooth and seamless transition for Governor-elect Rick Scott’s executive and management team, I requested today letters of resignation from my senior executive staff, agency heads and their management teams, as well as all staff within the Executive Office of the Governor.

“There is no greater calling than to serve others, and I thank each of the dedicated public servants of my administration for their service to the people of Florida. The efficient transition from one leader to another is a testament to our nation’s democracy, and my administration stands ready and willing to assist as needed.”

[UPDATE] 11-18 10:40am --

Gov.-elect Rick Scott named more than 70 advisors to his transition team on Wednesday, picking a team of people to help him with health care policy and law enforcement issues.

The Scott health care team will be led by health care executive ALAN LEVINE, who previously was secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration under Gov. Jeb Bush and was credited with being, along with Bush, a top architect of the plan to reshape Medicaid. Levine also has been a top health care government official in Louisiana.

Scott chose BOB WHITE to head up his law enforcement transition team. White is the sheriff of Pasco County. White is seen by some as a strange choice for an incoming governor who plans to push for dramatic cuts to the state budget. White was directed by the Pasco County Commission to cut his own budget as sheriff – but refused and instead asked for more tax dollars, appealing the issue to Gov. Charlie Crist.

Also advising Scott on law enforcement issues will be CHRIS KNIGHT, a former director of the Florida Highway Patrol. Knight was forced to resign in 2007 when investigators found he falsified a document used to justify the firing of a female officer who later sued the state and settled for more than a half million dollars.

Scott’s emergency management team transition team has reached out to a well-respected veteran in the field, former Florida Emergency Management Director JOE MYERS, now a private consultant. The emergency management team also will include another veteran of disaster preparedness and response, DAVID PAULISON, a longtime Miami Fire-Rescue Chief who served as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 2005 to 2009.

On Medicaid reform, the Scott transition will be advised by ALBERT MAURY, president and CEO of Leon Medical Centers Health Plans, CYNTHIA SUCHER, associate vice president of community relations at the University of Central Florida, and SYBIL RICHARD, vice president of professional services for Walmart USA. Also on Scott’s medicaid advisory group is KEVIN KEARNS, who is CEO of Health Choice Networks, BRUCE GREENSTEIN, secretary of health and hospitals in Louisiana and a former executive at Microsoft, and JIM FROGUE, a vice president of the Center for Health Transformation, which says it pushes for transformational change in the health care system aimed at cutting costs. Also on the team is MANNY KADRE, CEO of GC Carribean Importers, Dr. WILLIAM DALTON, president of the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, MICHAEL CANNON, director of health policy studies at the conservative CATO Institute, which has supplied a number of Scott advisors, and JAMES CAPRETTA, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which says it was created to “reinforce the bond between the Judeo-Christian moral tradition and the public debate over domestic and foreign policy issues.” Capretta was also associate director at the White House Office of Management and Budget under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2004.

Scott’s health care transition team includes JASON ROSENBERG, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Gainesville who was appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist to the Board of Medicine in 2008. Also on the health care team is Dr. FERNANDO VALVERDE, CEO of Florida International University’s medical school health care network, BARBARA MACARTHUR, a nurse at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, BOB ASHBURN, former deputy secretary of the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Dr. M. NARENDRA KINI, president and CEO of Miami Children’s Hospital and Dr. MADELYN BUTLER, president of the Florida Medical Association.

One of the members of Scott’s law enforcement transition advisory group is attorney JOE KLOCK , who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore ten years ago, representing then Secretary of State Katherine Harris.

In addition, Governor-elect Scott named 9 members to his Transition Advisory Committee that will help guide the new administration through the transition process.

Transition Advisory Committee Members:

Toni Jennings

U.S. Senator George LeMieux

Senator Bill Galvano

Mayor Maurice Ferre

Kathleen Shanahan

Senator Paula Dockery

Representative Mike Weinstein

Mayor Manny Marono

Sally Bradshaw

Governor-elect Scott also announced a new transition website set up to help recruit hardworking people committed to the goal of more jobs and less government, people who are naturally optimistic, energetic, and have integrity. You can visit the Governor-elect’s website at www.scotttransition.com.

New ideas on how to improve government service while cutting costs are also welcome and may be submitted via the website.

The transition team will be headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) --

Governor-elect Rick Scott won his campaign marketing himself as an outsider. But he's named to his transition team some decidedly inside names.

Scott announced a transition advisory committee Thursday, November 4 that includes former Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings; former Gov. Jeb Bush'schief of staff, Sally Bradshaw; and outgoing U.S. Sen. GeorgeLeMieux, among other figures well-known in Tallahassee.

He's also including at least one Democrat in his transition:former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre, who unsuccessfully ran for Senateand crossed the aisle to support Scott for governor.

Florida's new Republican leadership is also taking their newly elected governor at his word. They're getting to work.

Incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island,and the speaker designate, Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, saidThursday they will take up several bills vetoed by outgoing Gov.Charlie Crist when they return for an organizational session Nov.16.

The most notable include Crist's veto of a $9.7 million budgetitem that would pay for treating uninsured patients at ShandsHospital at the University of Florida and draw down federalmatching money.

Gov.-elect Rick Scott of Naples gained prominence with his arrayof television ads emphasizing the slogan, "Let's Get to Work."

Scott gave his first news conference as governor-elect Thursday,a day after sealing his razor-thin win over Democrat Alex Sink.

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